Dan Rivoli

Chris Christie makes a firm decision to stay out of the 2012 presidential race after reconsidering his previous decision.

Actress Scarlett Johanson held a fundraiser Monday for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's 2013 campaign for mayor.

New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren have been filling a void in progressive politics.

Mitt Romney latest GOP presidential hopeful to criticize the name of Rick Perry's family ranch, called N----rhead.

GOP hopeful Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, doubts Christie's appeal among conservative voters.

Democrats could face a new electoral landscape in 2012 because of new voter laws that tightened rules on voting, like requiring photographic identification or proof of citizenship. These laws proliferated after Republicans made massive gains in statehouses across the country after the 2010 midterm elections.

Republican appropriators in the House of Representatives released a draft spending bill that blocks funding to Planned Parenthood unless the group certifies that it will stop providing abortions.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee reportedly considering a jump into the GOP presidential field while potential bid from Gov. Chris Christie soaks up attention.

Newt Gingrich's Contract With America gets an update from the 1994 agreement that launched a Republican takeover of Congress.

Occupy Wall Street protests are nothing new for NYPD.

Victim of 3 p.m. shooting in critical but stable condition, NBC New York reported.

John W. Huffman, the scientist who created synthetic marijuana now found in popular herbal incense, supports federal efforts to ban the products.

The Obama administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of requiring most Americans to buy health insurance. But he also offered them an option to avoid making that decision.

Democrats seem split on their enthusiasm more than a year before the 2012 elections, with a poll showing that 44 percent are less excited about voting.

As New York police officers disperse and fence in Occupy Wall Street protesters, a situation that has led to one highly-publicized pepper spraying incident, questions about First Amendment violations have been raised by the supporters of the demonstrators.

There are a few cases challenging President Barack Obama's health care reform law for the Supreme Court to take up. The consensus seems to be the high court will choose 11th Circuit Court decision.

Herman Cain on CBS rejects Sarah Palin's flavor of the week remark.

Ed Koch backs Obama after heavily criticizing president's Israel policy.

Ron Paul talks about his campaign on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Mass Gov. Deval Patrick comments on Morgan Freeman's comments about attributing racism to Tea Party's opposition to Obama.

The Obama administration declined to have an appeals court further review a decision on health care reform, which clears a path for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the measure in June.

Congress had been at odds over offsets for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief. But FEMA on Monday said that the agency has $114 million for emergency disaster relief, avoiding the need for an infusion of money before the fiscal year ends Friday.

Before a Senate vote on a stop-gap government funding measure, Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized House Republicans for leaving town without reaching a bipartisan deal to keep government from shutting down and funding FEMA without offsets.